Twitter Reactions: Dawid Malan and bowlers hand England a series win over South Africa

After a good first match, England entered the second game as favourites once again. They were looking to seal the series in this match itself. South Africa, on the other hand, needed to make a strong comeback in order to level the series. The former won the toss and elected to bowl first.

The first match had made it clear that if the hosts were to win, they had to put up a very big score. The start was always going to be very crucial and the responsibility was once again on Quinton de Kock. He did get off to a good start but was dismissed after scoring a good 30.

The rest of the batsmen never really got going. Rassie van der Dussen scored 25 runs but he took as many as 29 balls. He stayed at the crease for really long but he just never got going. George Linde played a good hand as he scored 29 runs in 20 balls to provide them with the finishing impetus.

A mediocre batting effort took South Africa to a score of 146 runs. Adil Rashid was the pick of the bowlers as he finished with two wickets conceding only 23 runs in his four overs.

Dawid Malan shows why he’s the No.1 T20I batsman

With a target of only 147 it was always going to be a walk in the park for the strong English line-up. South Africa needed early wickets and that’s exactly what they got. Anrich Nortje was back and even though he did not get any wickets, he bowled very tight lines and lengths.

The openers got starts but none of them were able to capitalize on it. However, the number one T20I batsman, Dawid Malan rose to the occasion. He started off slowly but made sure to not throw it away. He eventually scored 55 runs off 40 balls to take his team to a comfortable position.

Eoin Morgan played a good cameo as he scored 26 runs in just 17 balls. England eventually finished off the game in 19.5 overs to register a four-wicket win. This win also helped them secure the series 2-0. For South Africa, Tabraiz Shamsi’s brilliant performance with the ball was definitely a positive to take from this match. He took three wickets conceding only 19 runs in his four overs.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Dawid Malan is a gun player.

— Peter Borren (@dutchiepdb) November 29, 2020

Pls buy Dawid Malan or Glenn Phillips in next auction 🙏 @mipaltan

— 𝘽𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙍𝙤𝙝𝙞𝙩 ᴹᴵ (@Billa_off) November 30, 2020

Perfectly paced innings from Dawid Malan – showing, again, why he is the world’s best batsman in this format. Him and Morgan are perfect batsmen for those types of run chases when the pitch is slow scoring and the run rate is increasing. Quality win for England. #bbccricket

— Josh Verrills (@WestHamJoshV) November 29, 2020

How come Adil Rashid isn’t one of the highest paid picks for the #IPL ?? Surely he should be …. #OnOn #SAvENG

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 29, 2020

Dawid Malan in T20Is:

⚡️ 18 matches
⚡️ 8 half-centuries
⚡️ 1 century
⚡️ 756 runs
⚡️ 47.25 average
⚡️ 4 POTM awards

The world's No.1 T20I batsman. 😎 pic.twitter.com/6InPXmP8vY

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) November 29, 2020

Dawid Malan played FC cricket for Boland & made his FC debut in Paarl. He has been very consistent for England in T20s. Won England the game today

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) November 29, 2020

Dawid Malan has 9 50+ scores in 18 T20Is. Impressive. England simply can't leave him out of their T20I side, and rightly so.#SAvENG #SAvsENG

— CricBlog ✍ (@cric_blog) November 30, 2020

Dawid Malan is surprised how he is T20 number 1 ranked batsmen , we see today under pressure, facing 150kph beaten for pace but he showed fight and skill to get England over the line. @dmalan29 @Eoin16 @englandcricket @SkyCricket #ENGvSA #sundayvibes pic.twitter.com/ENcHExr09C

— Monty Panesar (@MontyPanesar) November 29, 2020

Dawid Malan paces tricky chase to perfection to seal the series 2-0 for ENG as they won by 4 wkts. Shamsi stars with 3 wkts as SA are out muscled in tight finish #ENGvSA #2ndT20I

— Malik AWAIS (@Captain66Awais) November 30, 2020

Dawid Malan has everything to be a great T20 player! He already is I guess! https://t.co/8PYiRC9gnm

— Binoy Sharma (@IamBXD) November 30, 2020

England win #T20 cricket series v South Africa with a win in second match by 4 wickets to go 2-0 up in 3 game series. Dawid Malan with an impressive 55 off 40 balls key.

— Michael Stephen Day (@integraps) November 29, 2020

👉 February 2006: Dawid Malan makes his professional debut at Boland Park

👉 November 2020: Dawid Malan is Player of the Match for England at Boland Park #SAvENG | #ENGvSA pic.twitter.com/Z4poSTa5Vq

— Cricket Afridi (@CktAfridi37) November 29, 2020